Hat-pouncing machine



(No Model.)

S. A. MAIN. HAT POUNOING MAGHINE.

Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL A. MAIN, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,061, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed January 15, 1890. Serial No. 336,987. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. MAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iat-Pouncing Ha chines; and I do hereby declare the following directly from the shaft, but requires either gear, corner-belting, or beveled friction-pulleys, which create greater friction and are more complicated and expensive. Another objection to these constructions is that the work-line is at an angle of forty degrees, or nearly so, requiring the strength of the operator to be applied sidewise, and such.

strength can only be maintained for a short period, while in my device the hat-body will remain on the cone and the work-line is level, or nearly so, which enables the operator to apply not only the power of one arm, but of both, with the weight of the body, if desired.

Therefore the object of my invention is to construct a cheap, simple, and durable pouncing-machine wherein the lathe can be belted directly from the shaft and the pouncingconeheld or placed in any desired position between a horizontal and perpendicular, either fixed at some particular angle or capable of adjustment to different positions; and to this end the nature of my invention consists of constructions and combinations, all as will hereinafter be set forth in the specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view, and Fig. 2 a side view of another application of my invention.

A represents the frame of the machine, having its front legs a of greater length than its rear legs a, and upon which is secured an inclined top or bed-plate a; B, the lathe-bed secured to the inclined top or bed-plate a and its sides or arms 1) extending upward; C, the shaft journaled in the sides or arms 11 of the lathe-bed B, and having a pulley c fixed thereon, by means of which it is belted di rectly from the main shaft; D, the pouncingcone fixed to the end of the shaft C.

To enable the cone to be adjusted to any position desired between a horizontal and perpendicular, the inclined top or bed-plate a is hollowed to correspond to the rounding of the lathe-bed B, which is secured thereon, and the lathe-bed B is provided with a slot b, into which is inserted a bolt (1 for the purpose of adjusting the lathe-bed to the angle desired. The end of the bolt d passes through the inclined top or bed-plate a and when the cone is at the angle desired it is secured by means of a thumb-nut d on the end of the bolt.

What I claim is 1. In a hat-pouncing machine, the combipower-shaft and lathe-bed in any angle desired, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAML. A. MAIN. Witnesses:

DANIEL GAA, JAMES E. WALSH. 

